The Edward J. Collins, Jr. Center for Public Management has started interviewing city councilors so that a public document of priorities and qualities can be crafted and sent to city manager candidates.

City leaders in Beverly are using the Edward J. Collins, Jr. Center for Public Management's Municipal Performance Management Program to study the operations and decision-making process in the police and fire departments.

The Edward J. Collins, Jr. Center for Public Management at UMass Boston will take charge of initial recruiting for the town administrator position in Holliston. Incumbent Paul LeBeau will retire in July.

Town Administrator John Lebeaux has recommended that UMass Boston's Edward J. Collins, Jr. Center for Public Management be hired to search for his replacement. Lebeaux is leaving the town in order to become Gov.-elect Charlie Baker's new commissioner of agricultural resources.